Work-support.



W. 0. BAXTER.

WORK SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 18, 1912.

1,123,220. Patented Jan. 5, 1915.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM C. BAXTER, OF BEVERLY, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO UNITED SHOE MACHINERY COMPANY, OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

WORK-SUPPORT.

Application filed March 18, 1912.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM C. BAXTER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Beverly, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain Improvements in Shoe-Supports, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like reference characters on the drawings indicating like parts'in the several figures.

This invention relates to shoe supports and has for its object to provide a support having improved facilities for presenting the shoe held by it in position to be operated upon.

The invention is herein embodied in a support for holding a lasted and soled shoe in position for the shank to be beaten at each lateral edge downwardly upon the bottom of the last which is at such time within the shoe, the purpose of the operation being to conform the shank of the shoe bottom to the transverse curvature of the last bottom and to compact the materials of the shoe bottom so that in appearance they will present a minimum of thickness.

The beating machine illustrated is an adaptation of the machineshown in United States Patent No. 768,560, granted Aug. 23, 1904 on application of Louis A. Casgrain, and in which the operation of the machine is dependent upon the maintenance of continuous contact between the work and the beating tool.

The invention is herein embodied in a shoe support which is an improvement upon the shoe support shown in application of Louis A. Casgrain, Ser. No. 683,759, filed concurrently herewith.

The improvements constituting the features of this present invention will now be described in connection with the accom- 'panying drawings and then particularly pointed out in the claims.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the machine equipped with the shoe support of the present invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the shoe holder. Fig. 3 is a. detail of the vibration absorbing connection between the treadle and the jack spindle. Fl

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 5, 1915.

Serial No. 684,425.

4 is a transverse vertical section of the toe rest. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal vertical section of the last pin. Fig. 6 is a detail of the last pin adjuster.

The column or frame has bearings for the two part spindle 2 the lower end of which is sustained by a toggle l, 5, member 5 being pivoted to the column at 6 and having a horizontal arm 8 so that said member is in effect a bell crank. Underlying the arm 8 is the arm 9 of a rock shaft 11 the from a rotary actuator. as described in United States Patent No. 768,560, and at the same time said leverage connections absorb the [vibrations of the shoe holder sufficiently so that there is not an objectionable motion of the treadle upon which the operator must hold his foot while a shoe is being pounded.

A spring 16 is confined on the spindle between collars 17, 18 the latter of which is adjustable to varythe compression of the spring.

Upon the upper end of the spindle is a bracket the arms 21 of which support the edges of a table 20 and through a largs hole I in the top of the table depends the stem 23 of a float 25, the stem carrying a foot plate 24 larger than the hole in the table and free to slide around against the under side of the table in a recess 22 as appears in Fig.

1. This affords provision for free turning and also horizontal sliding movements of the shoe holder upon the table within the limits of the hole in the table.

The float has rollers 26, 27, 26 between which is confined and guided the are shaped foot 30 of the shoe holder, the same being curved substantially parallel with the curvature of the shankysee Fig. 1, of a standard shape of last so that'the beating point on the shank is maintained in approximately the same vertical relation to tool 100 restson .a rib 3610f the post and has in its as the beating pregresses along: the shank.

As thus far specifically described the ma-- chine is the invention of said Casg-r-ain.

The heel clasp post 32 is fastened to the foot: and at its upper end is formed with a bearing for a rod 34 on which is fastened a handle 35. On the opposite end of the rod is secured the segment plate 37 which inner face a guideway for the head pieces of the wing plates 70 of the heel clasp. Said plate ar confin i 'th g i e ay y' h cap plate 73.]and are adjustable, for wide andnarrow slioesbythe adjusting screw 75.

To thesegment' plate37 are also boltedat 3 the earnds lPP0 T i lih6 orm of rails45which extendiorwardly to a trans- Yerse s gment l sl-i'der 10 whic s id i are secur d t. $85: he li e A is bb fi a-co 'r sbonding y shap d. pa y in the top. face of the toe clasp post or block which is provided with slider supporting rolls 42. The pathway and the slider are c curvedflahontan extension of the axis ofrod by, a combined-spline; and'nut locker- 56 the sternof which slides in a groove in the side f hfifi l'ew f d-fll-ld t e-f e o w ch: is presse as inst h 11 by a sp n p n a Urnsh r par f ls. s' in tebl a Oe-re t arri ge Q ha hole in wh c Fig 451 9 a sl 62 tha is threaded to support ad ustably the-stem of a ee-rest, plat s' upb wh t e h rest i 5mm sl de fr e y a v se 31 h 751108 I to. a just, tse f t hev P it o therschoe Within-thelimits'of'a recess formed in the under ifaceo f the rest 65. This recess isentered'by a stop pin "66; which. also prevents ccid nta r mev l on? he be t- A forward extension'lfi of the carriage 6O shhasa ratQ et aw and guide and suppertfO-I toeabutment block 72 that ha dbw wa d y and ar y n n thickly padded shoe engaging face. and can be br ist int P it o a tag n the 'tbebf the Sho an s i h y ov e it pre ent he a oefr mv be ng lifte ac dental y-f m e t re i A; .eombined handle and: pawl '18 enga ges the was 'faeebfi xtesion 6 sad :hel

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The construction of the shoe holder above described is an improvement upon that of Gasgrain in that the combination of the heel post with the wings of the heel clasp affords added security of support which practical experience indicated to be needed, and prevents the wedging of the shoe down into the wings in a way to cause difficulty and sometimes injury in removing the shoe. The greater ease of adjustment of the toe clasp'for diiierent sizes of shoes is'al'soof advantage and a further important feature is found in the addition of the handle 35' by which the operator grasps the holder of the rear end of'the shoe and turns the shoe to present it accurately to the beating tool ldO and'to vary thepresentation as the operation progresses along th'e shank.

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I claim as new and desire to secure'by'Leb ters Patent of the United States is 1; In a shoe support, afoot, a shoe'holder mounted on the foot to permit movement, about an aXis extendinglengthwiseof and longitudinally through a shoe in the holder,

a handle, by which to eifect' and control m ve en u v S i a d m an 11e mitting movement of the shoe holde'r'about an axis located above the shoe and extend ing transverselythereof;

2. In a'shoe support, a foot, a' heel clasp mounted on the'fo'ot, a rod extending length i wise of the shoe and connected to the icla'sp at one end, and a-handle on the other end of the rod and ad'ap ed to turn the. clasp about the axis of said rod. v

3. In a shoe support," a foot, a-heel clasp mounted on the foot, a rod extending lengthwise of the shoe and connected to the clasp at one end, a toe rest" mounted on thefoot to move about the axis of said rod, a handle 0. e rod v b r ing it, and icemi b g m s, fbrba g h e r a e'turned by th h ea 4; In ashoe s 1pp0'rt,.a heel clasp comprising a back plate, wing plates adjustable transversely ofthe last 'from and toward each other on the back plate to, clasp lasts of different, sizes, supports connectedwith the back plate and 'a last pin carried by said supports and adjustable longitudinally of the last between the wing plates,

5. In a shoe support, a foot and ,a' shoeholder comprising wing plates to clasp and hold rigidly the heelend of the shoe and a last pin, all'supported on said foot to turn With the shoe about an axis extendinglongitudinally through the shoe in the clasp.

6. In a shoe support" a foot, end posts niounted on the foot, continuous rails mounted 9 turn e t ly s posts abo-uta axis extending-lengthwise through thes hoe t be sustain and a a 1 na id aw r t '1 calmed y csa d. rails leeseneeb esethe 7. In a shoe support, a foot, a toe post mounted on the foot and having a guide-- way therein curved about an axis extending lengthwise through the shoe to be sustained, a block confined for movement in said guideway, supports extending heelward from said block, and a toe rest adjustable lengthwise of the shoe on the supports and which can move about said axis.

8. In a shoe support, a toe post, and a toe rest mounted thereon to turn about an axis extending longitudinally through the shoe and to slide freely relatively to said axis transversely of the shoe.

9. In a shoe support, a toe rest carriage, a sleeve therein, a stem having threaded engagement with the sleeve, a toe rest slidingly supported on the head of the stem, and a stop rod movable in the stem and cooperating with the rest to determine the limits of movement of the rest.

10. In a shoe support a last pin carriage, a last pin, a screw rod supported in the carriage having a longitudinal groove in its side and supporting the last pin, an adj usting nut for said rod confined in the carriage and having nut locking notches in one end, and a combined spline and nut locker having a stem sliding in said groove and a foot engaging the locking notches in the nut.

11. In a shoe support, a foot, means permitting movement of the foot in a horizontal plane, a shoe holder mounted on said foot for movement about the longitudinal axis of the shoe, and means between the foot and the shoe holder permitting movement of the shoe holder about an axis extending transversely of the shoe.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM G. BAXTER.

Witnesses:

CHARLES E. ROGERS, RUTH E. WARD.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, I). G. 

